| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to investigate the degree of burnout
among minor hockey league coaches as assessed by the Adapted Maslach
Burnout Inventory and Golembiewski's Phase Model of Burnout, and to identify
various factors which are related to the stages of burnout in minor hockey
league coaches. Thunder Bay Amateur Minor Hockey League Coaches (N = 229)
completed the Adapted Maslach Burnout Inventory and a Minor Hockey League
Coaches' Package via a mail survey. Both current and former coaches, who
have been out of the system for one year, were polled. The results of this
study indicate that volunteer minor hockey coaches experienced greater
personal accomplishment, less emotional exhaustion, less depersonalization and
therefore less burnout than the general (US) public, as shown in previous
studies. Variables found to be related to higher burnout scores were intra-role
conflict, emphasis placed upon winning, the perception of success, expectations
of significant others, and athlete variables. Division and level coached, along
with win/loss record, did not contribute significantly to burnout as was first
anticipated. Contradictory to other studies, age, years of experience, marital
status and education level were not found to be related to higher burnout scores
in minor hockey league coaches. | |
